About the day » Monday March 27, 1961Calender converter

• Mark Harold BECKSTRAND, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 2016)
• Godelieva Maria Alfons Josepha Geudens, Halle (Brabant) († 2011)
• Johan de Graaf, Diessen († 1989)
• Laurentius Alphons Hubert Anna (Laurence) Gorissen, Kerkrade,6460,Limburg,Nederland († 2020)
• Mark Joseph Moseley, Midland, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• - Lassche, Emmen († 1961)
• Joseph Arnoldus Wijers, Venray († 1965)
• Annemari Steynberg, Pretoria (SA)
• Taco Bos († 2009)
• Michele Mitchell, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2006)

• Catharina Gerritdina Kroes (87), Deventer
• Abraham Bengtsson (76), Gäddede, Frostviken, Jämtlands Län (Z)
• Cornelis Arie van der Hout (11), Monster
• Bernarda Johanna Riedel (73), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bart Beukers (89), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Arij Sleurink (55)
• Cornelis Schrage (87), Appingedam, Nederland
• Nicolaas Petrus Bol (58), Beverwijk
• Albertje Klooster (44), Alteveer
• Andy James Chadwell (67)

• 1960 » Hans Pflügler, German footballer
• 1960 » Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1996)
• 1961 » Ellery Hanley, English rugby league player and coach
• 1961 » Tony Rominger, Swiss professional cyclist
• 1962 » Brad Wright, American-Spanish basketball player
• 1962 » Brett French, Australian rugby league player
• 1962 » Jann Arden, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1962 » John O'Farrell, English journalist and author
• 1962 » Kevin J. Anderson, American science fiction writer
• 1962 » Rob Hollink, Dutch poker player

• 1949 » Elisheva Bikhovski, Israeli-Russian poet (b. 1888)
• 1952 » Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Évariste Lévi-Provençal, French orientalist and historian (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Leon C. Phillips, American lawyer and politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Gregorio Marañón, Spanish physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Vladimir Seryogin, Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1922)
• 1968 » Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1934)
• 1973 » Mikhail Kalatozov, Georgian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Eduardo Santos, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1888)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Robert
6. Hendrik
7. John
8. Willem
9. Pieter
10. Gerrit
11. Ronald
12. Paul
13. Michael
14. Petrus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Yvonne
7. Catharina
8. Karin
9. Jacqueline
10. Wilhelmina
11. Ingrid
12. Monique
13. Adriana
14. Petronella
15. Marianne
16. Anita

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
• January 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
• January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
• February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
• February 15 » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
• April 12 » Cold War: Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.
• October 30 » Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.

The temperature on March 27, 1961 was between 0.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.